Author: Sarah Vowell
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Keywords: vacation, assassination
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2005-03-29
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0743260031
ISBN-13: 9780743260039
Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With Assassination Vacation, she takes us on a road trip like no other -- a journey to the pit stops of American political murder and through the myriad ways they have been used for fun and profit, for political and cultural advantage.From Buffalo to Alaska, Washington to the Dry Tortugas, Vowell visits locations immortalized and influenced by the spilling of politically important blood, reporting as she goes with her trademark blend of wisecracking humor, remarkabl
Author: A DeCrop
Publisher: CABI
Keywords: making, decision, vacation
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-04-21
List price: $100.00
ISBN-10: 1845930401
ISBN-13: 9781845930400
This book explores the complex decision-making processes involved in choosing and buying tourism products and services. It combines a theoretical overview of the basics of tourist behaviour and decision-making, with the results of an in-depth qualitative study of vacationers. It considers both the generic decision to go on vacation, or not, and more specific travel decisions, such as destination and accommodation type, from an individual and social point of view. It looks at how, when, and why such decisions are made, and the factors that influence the final outcome. The book concludes by reje
Author: Ron Roy
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Keywords: mysteries, vacation, vampire
Number of Pages: 84
Published: 2004-07-27
List price: $3.99
ISBN-10: 0375824790
ISBN-13: 9780375824791
V is for Vampire . . .Grab your garlic, Green Lawn! When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose follow a pale, dark-haired stranger into Ellie’s Diner, he vanishes! But Ellie has a cut on her neck . . . or could it be a bite? Could there really be a vampire in Green Lawn? And could Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose be his next victims?“An appealing combination of intrigue, ingenuity, and good fun. A great recreational choice for newly independent readers.”—School Library Journal
Author: Simone Elkeles
Publisher: Flux
Keywords: vacation, summer, ruin
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0738709611
ISBN-13: 9780738709611
YALSA 2007 Teens’ Top Ten"A breezy read." —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books“Fresh, fun and fabulous! Guaranteed NOT to ruin your summer vacation!” —Mari Mancusi, author of Boys that Bite How To Ruin a Summer Vacation Moshav? What’s a moshav? Is it “shopping mall” in Hebrew? I mean, from what Jessica was telling me, Israeli stores have the latest fashions from Europe. That black dress Jessica has is really awesome. I know I’d be selling out if I go with the Sperm Donor to a mall, but I keep thinking about all the great stuff I could bring back home. Unfor
Author: Lynn Plourde
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Keywords: vacation, summer
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2003-05-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0689842236
ISBN-13: 9780689842238
Summer cartwheels and shouts, "Hip-hip-hooray! Vacation is here. Let’s play, play, play." Vibrant, sunny Summer is too busy having fun shaping sand castles, jumping in the waves, gobbling berries, and camping under a blanket of stars to do her chores. But it’s not until she hikes to the top of a mountain and sees the dull, parched land below, that she realizes what she has done. Summer grabs her sprinkling can. Is she too late to make amends? Lynn Plourde’s and Greg Couch’s seasonal saga of Wild Child, Winter Waits, and Spring’s Sprung comes full circle with th
Author: Golden Gram
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC
Keywords: vacation, snail, gail
Number of Pages: 20
Published: 2008-12-12
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 1598588605
ISBN-13: 9781598588606
Gail the Snail "Goes on Vacation" Life is full of choices, even for Gail the Snail. In this story Gail is forced to make a choice about whether or not to go along with the crowd or stand up and do the right thing. Adding to the problem are mischievous playmates and they are far from helpful to our little friend. They are more like a fuel to the fire within her. This kind of temptation is what so many of our children are faced with on any given day. As Gail finds herself in the middle of this huge dilemma she is forced to make some major decisions completely on her own. The right
Author: Robin Pulver
Publisher: Holiday House
Keywords: vacation, takes, punctuation
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2003-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0823416879
ISBN-13: 9780823416875
When all the punctuation marks in Mr. Wright’s class decide to take a vacation, the students discover just how difficult life can be without them.
